Since trains started operating normally after relaxation in Covid restrictions, the incidents of chain pulling and gate dashing are on rise in the Ferozpur Division of the Northern Railways.
As many as 619 people have been arrested by railway police till October this year for pulling the chain and halting the train without a valid reasons.
Due to fewer trains operationing amid the pandemic last year, 60 persons were arrested by the railways for illegally pulling the chains in the trains. However, in 2019, 146 people were arrested.
